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--I beg your pardon?!

[THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY, MINAKO]

What?

[ WHATS WRONG OH GOD ]

You said you can summon Personas... Is that really true?

[why a gun and not a mask tho]

Yeah, I can show you?

[ she flicks the holster open, holding up the evoker towards the sky. ]

Remember. Not a real gun, don't freak out.

[ and she turns it to point it at her temple. with a grin, one eye shining, and a sound like a cap gun and shattering glass--hell, it briefly looks like broken glass is coming out of the other side of her head-- ]

Messiah!

[ lo and behold. its a persona. ]

W-wait just a moment--!

[She's telling him not to freak out, but he takes a step toward her in a panic anyway. It's too late to do anything, of course, so he can only watch with a horrified expression as she shoots herself in the head.

He blinks when a Persona emerges just as she said, and he looks from it to her. Actually, she seems fine.]

That's your Persona? For such a barbaric summoning method, it's... rather beautiful.

Hey, don't be mean, Kitagawa-kun! [ she laughs, though, patting messiah before he disappears. ] He's one of them, yeah. I have four of mine with me. Messiah, Orpheus Telos, Thanatos, and Metatron.

[ pay no attention to how three of those are death-themed ]

[Didn't Ren have a Persona called Metatron, come to think of it? The rest he knows only from mythology, though.]

Goodness... So you're another who posses the power to wield multiple Personas. What a surprising individual my tour guide has become... Who are you really, Arisato-san?

I led a group called SEES in battle. They were the best friends I could have asked for. We fought Shadows, we saved the world from Nyx, fought for everyone's souls...

[ she smiles at him, that same sad smile as before. ]

Now? I'm just a girl whose luck ran out. What about you, Kitagawa-kun? Why does an art student from Tokyo know about Personas?

Ah, well... [He doesn't want to say anything, but she's clearly a Persona user, and he's made his knowledge obvious. There isn't much choice but to share, in that case.]

I have a Persona, too-- Kamu Susano-o. I cannot show you him, however, without access to the Metaverse.

[So he assumes, though he hasn't actually tried it here yet.]

The Dark Hour is gone, and I could still summon Messiah back there... give it a shot?

[The Metaverse was all about cognition, wasn't it? Maybe if he just... closes his eyes and imagines himself in his thief clothes...

As he does, he's engulfed in blue flame for a split second, his outfit turning to the masked outlaw attire of Fox.]

Oh! [He looks down at his gloved hands and pats his face.] It worked.

[ she's impressed, but ]

Iiiiis the magical boy getup your Persona?

Ah... Not quite. Behold, Kamu Susanoo!

[And with a dramatic flourish, his kitsune mask vanishes, taking the form of his Persona.]

Oh whoa, he's cool!

[ minako takes a step back, grinning as she looks kamu susanoo up and down. ]

What kind of skills does he use?

Slicing attacks and ice magic; his blade is as swift as it is strong.

[Yusuke is clearly very proud of his Persona! It's come a long way since its early days as Goemon, and even there he thought it something to take pride in. It soon vanishes, the mask reappearing in place.]

Nice! Our ice user had healing and analysis instead of slashing... everyone's Persona really is unique.

[ it's amazing to think about, really. ]

Soooo, what's with the... [ don't say fursuit don't say fursuit don't say fursuit ] costume? It's really cool, I just don't get it.

[say fursuit you coward]

I didn't choose this outfit, if that's what you're wondering. It came to me when I formed a contract with Goemon, my Persona's initial form. You could say it is a symbol of my will to rebel.

[ SHE DOESNT WANT TO BE RUDE!!! ]

Huh... that's. Different? But... anyway, so Kamu Susanoo used to be Goemon? Your group must have been through a lot, then. Personas don't usually evolve without some pressure...

Yes, we all went through a great deal. Aside from our broader struggles I had something of an... existential crisis, even after I gained my Persona. It was only with the help of my friends that I was able to find myself again, as an individual and as an artist. That was when Goemon gained new power and changed his form.

[It's a long and painful story, so he won't bother her with the details, but that about summarises it, he thinks.]

[ her eyebrows shift and she gives him a sympathetic look. minako gets it, she won't ask right now. ]

Yeah, some of my friends went through something similar before their Personas evolved... So did mine, but it was a little more complicated? [ hashtag wild card life. counting on her fingers. ]

Hermes to Trismegistus, Polydeuces to Caesar, Nemesis to Kala-Nemi, Io to Isis, Lucia to Juno, Penthesilea to Artemisia... [ and a flicker of hesitation, before: ] Palladion to Athena.

Either way, I'm glad you had them to help you through it! I don't know where I'd have been without my friends, so... I understand.

Yes, I'm very grateful to all of them. They've all helped me so much, even when my struggles seemed insurmountable.

[He only hopes he's been able to return the favour, at least in some small ways.]

I'd like to meet all your friends someday. I'm sure they're quite the collection of unique individuals, much like my group.

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